JOHNNY-COME-LATELY: Meaning and related words

We found 16 dictionaries that define the word Johnny-come-lately:

General (15 matching dictionaries)

Johnny-come-lately: Merriam-Webster
johnny-come-lately: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Johnny-come-lately: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Johnny-come-lately, Johnny-come-lately: Collins English Dictionary
johnny-come-lately: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Johnny-come-lately: Wiktionary
Johnny-come-lately: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
Johnny-come-lately: Infoplease Dictionary
Johnny-come-lately: Dictionary.com
johnny-come-lately: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Johnny-come-lately: TheFreeDictionary.com
Johnny-come-lately: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
Johnny-come-lately: Merriam-Webster

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johnny-come-lately: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun: (idiomatic, also attributive) A newcomer; a novice; an upstart.
▸ noun: Alternative form of Johnny-come-lately [(idiomatic, also attributive) A newcomer; a novice; an upstart.]

Opposite:

old-timer, veteran, long-timer

Types:

bandwagon, poser, wannabe, try-hard, fake, more...

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